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Time's A Wastin Chords

Music by: Erykah Badu
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[Intro 1]
[A][G][Dm][A][G][D][G][A][G][A][G]
[D]
[G][D][G]
[D]Yeah[G]

[Verse 1]
[A][G]
Time's [A]a wastin'[G]
[D]Don't [G]you take your time young [D]man
[G]Keep on [A]drift[G]in'
[D]Ain't [G]no tellin' where you'll
[D]land[G][A]

[Verse 2]
Run [A]baby, [G]run, run
Where you runnin' to?
And [A]who you [G]runnin' [A]from?
[G]Some people [A]may not [G]understand
[A]What it means [G]to be a man
[A]Takin' full [G]command[A]
[G]'Cause

[Verse 3]
we're
[A]Livin' in a [G]world that's oh so strange
[A]Boy don't let your focus[G] change
[A]Takin' out the [G]demons in your range,
[Am]hey[G]
[A]Livin' in a [G]world that's oh so fast
[A]Gotta make you[G]r money last
[A]Learn [G]from your past, [D]oh
[G]Time's a

[Verse 4]
[D]wastin'[G]
[D]Don't you [G]take your time [D]young [G]man
Keep on [D]drift[G]in'[Aaug]
[D]Ain't no [G]tellin' where you'll [A]land

[Verse 5]
Sweet [G]love and [D]sun[G]shine
If it's all in the air
Then [A]it's all [G]on your mind
[A]Uh, breathe [G]baby
[Dm]Come back to [G]the world
[A]Dig up all your [G]pearls
[A]Teach [Am]the boys [G]and girls, [A]hey

[Verse 6]
[G]We're liv[A]in' in a wor[G]ld
that's oh so strange
[A]Boy don't let your focus[G] change
[A]Takin' out the [G]demons in your range,
[Am]hey[G]
[A]Livin' in a world that's [G]oh so fast
Gotta [Am]make your money

[Verse 7]
[G]last
Learn from your past, ay
[F#m]Oh (hu[A]m h[Am]um), baby (hum hum hum),
[Bb]we (hum hum hum), need t[G]o smile (h[F#m]um hum)
[A]Oh (hum hum hum hum),
[Am]baby [Bb](hum hum), we (hum), need [G]to smile [A](hum hum)
Ohh oh [F#m]oh, ba[Am]by (o[Bb]h oh), we
(oh oh), need [G]to smile [A](oh oh)
Ohh oh, [Am](baby) baby baby, [Bb]we,
(need) need [G]to smile (oh oh)
[D]'Cause [G]time's a wastin'

[Verse 8]
[D][G]
[F#m]Don't you [G]take your time
[D]young man[G][A]
[G]Keep on drift[D]in'
[G]Ain't no tellin' where you'll
[A]land
[Dm][F][Am][A]

[Verse 9]
[F#m]Oh bab[A]y w[Am]e nee[Bb]d to smile[G]
[A]Oh (oh oh) [Am]baby [Bb]we need to s[D]mile
[G]Oh [Bm]ooh o[F#m]h, oh [A]oh o[Am]h ooh

[Verse 10]
Oh, [Am]ooh [C]ooh,[Bb] oh, oh[G][A][F#m]
[A]Oh, [Am]time[Dm]'s a[Bb][D][G][Bm][G][A][F#m][A]
[Am]wastin' [C](oo[Am]h, oh, oh)
[Dm]Don't [F]you take your [Dm]time young man
[D](ay[Bm] yeah[F#m] ay)[A][F#m]
Keep [A]on [Am]driftin'[C]
[F]Ain't no tellin' [Dm]where you'll
land

[Verse 11]
[G](Yeah) (ay) (ain't no
[Bm]tellin') [F#m](oh)[A]
Oh o[Am]h (y[C]eah ain't no tellin' time)
[Bb]oh o[F]h (t[Dm]ake your time young man)
[G]Oh, oh [Bm](no no), (ain't no
[A]tellin') oh
Oh oh (oh [Am]ooh oh ooh ay) oh oh,
(ain't no tellin'), (no no tellin')
Oh oh (uh ooh uh ooh [Bb]oh) oh oh
(ain't no tellin')
[G]Oh [Bm](I'm tellin' you [A]no), [Am]oh oh,
[C](ye[Bb]ah) (ain't no tellin') oh, oh oh (ain't no tellin')
Uh, oh (don't turn your [G]baby) [Bm]oh, oh, oh oh (don't turn your
[F#m]back h[A]ey) oh o[Am]h[C][Dm][F][Bb][Dm][D]
(Don't turn your back I'm tellin' you no)
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